Michael McGuire
Autor(a) de God's Brain
About the Author
Michael McGuire is professor emeritus of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of California at Los Angeles. He is the coauthor of God's Brain (with Lionel Tiger), Darwinian Psychiatry (with A. Troisi), and ten other books. His distinguished academic career includes positions at mostrar mais Harvard Medical School and the University of California Medical School, as well as director of UCLA's nonhuman primate research facility for twenty years and director of the Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research. mostrar menos
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- Obras
- 16
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- 1
- Membros
- 190
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- #114,774
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- 3.7
- Críticas
- 9
- ISBN
- 45
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- 2
It is one of the books chosen for the monthly book group that I belong to, mainly because the author is from Adelaide.
One of the greatest mysteries of aviation history happened on March 8, 2014. Malaysia Airlines MH370 went missing on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The plane left its programmed flight path and headed south towards the Indian Ocean. Over the years Australian aviation authorities, among others, have spent a lot of time and energy on working out what happened to this plane, and finding its final resting place. There have been tv programmes about it. My recollection of that latest one I saw is that it is thought the pilot deliberately took the plane off course and eventually crashed it. The remains are supposedly somewhere off the West Australian coast. Bits and pieces have been found.
FLIGHT RISK reminded me of that event. And what if, instead of just one plane, there were four? And what if, in true Agatha Christie style, there was a mastermind behind it all? I won't say any more. I will let you discover the plot yourself.
One of the things McGuire makes you think about is how the pilot could get away with an event like this. Why wasn't he overwhelmed by other crew and passengers? Read the book to explore this scenario. Will you ever get on a plane again?… (mais)